Small and perfectly formed? Is democracy an alternative approach to school leadership?

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-305

  Hope, Max A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

democracy; democratic leadership; distributed leadership; radical structuralism; school size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862608044     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2012.688739     Document Type: Review

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